Member: sgtbigg

The scholarship covering the first fifty years of our nation's history in the last decade has filled in a lot of gaps for me and been very excellent reading.

posted by OldSarge at 5:34 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2009

Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction. I have his translation of On War with Peter Paret but apparently it's not catalogued in my library yet. Must still be in storage.

The General Wilkinson bio. A curious figure who I have read about in other works of history. It will fit in nicely with recent works of history and biography covering that period of American history.

posted by OldSarge at 5:30 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2009

Just added two of your recent additions to my wish list. I'm gonna die of old age before I finish my TBR list.

posted by OldSarge at 11:40 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2009

So are you finding "Artist" a dense read?

:D

posted by PamFamilyLibrary at 7:43 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2009

You know, I am surprised that a big publisher picked Moon to publish. I've googled around and could not find 1 serious review of his other books, which is rather surprising. Being Canadian and publishing about Hudson, I would have assumed that someone from one of the history departments would have tried to step in and help him out with a brief comments; but nada.

Btw, I would love to link to your review when you're done with it if that's alright with you.

posted by PamFamilyLibrary at 7:19 am (EST) on Aug 29, 2009

Oh thank you, Mike. The kids have been stretching out my birthday to cover the weekend and the beginning of this week. (More days = more ice cream!)

As to "Artist" I'm afraid gardening took over the weekend and I haven't gotten back to him. Maybe tomorrow? I hope so.

posted by ThePam at 8:20 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2009

Well, shows you what happens when you don't read far enough. It's just the first few pages that are confusing, and then "Artist" gets pretty interesting.

So I take back what I said before, and now will proceed and see what the whole is like. Join me. Then we'll go back into Half Moon together :]

posted by ThePam at 8:11 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2009

Hey Sarge,

Have you started "Artist in Treason"? I put off "Half Moon" for some fiction and have picked up Artist as a companion book.

Anyway, my question is 'am I just stupid, or did the book take off too quickly? I'm over at Wikipedia as I write this, reading up on the background for Burr and Wilkinson since I really remember nothing about this time period.

I'm planning on mentioning the need for preface in my review, but might tone it down if you don't find it problematic. American history, afterall, isn't, or at least wasn't, my thing.

btw, you'll be happy to know there's footnotes with this one. They aren't numbered yet, but they're there :]

Regards!

Pam

posted by ThePam at 2:16 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2009

Hey Mike, me buddy! (((waves)))

I left a chatty note about the Hudson book over on American History but thought I'd pop by to see what you were up to and whether you had also gotten the "Artist in Treason" book by Linklater?

posted by ThePam at 7:03 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2009

Good of you, Mike--really big-hearted! :-)

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 8:53 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2009

No, I didn't know! I'll have to add that to my list, too. Thanks for the tip.

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 6:30 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2009

Very nice review of the George Washington book, Mike. This is on my To Buy list--it looked intriguing--and I'm glad tohave confirmation that it's a good one.

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 5:58 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2009

Congratulations, Mike me buddy. You've won a copy of NOW THE DRUM OF WAR.

dm or email me your address and I'll try my darndest to get the book out to you on Monday. Tuesday at the latest.

posted by ThePam at 10:17 am (EST) on May 2, 2009

Hey sgtbigg -- I just finished The Devil We Know and I thought it was pretty convincing if a little light on specifics. What did you think of it? Also, if you're on an Iran kick, you might want to check out [The Ayatollah Begs to Differ]. It was written by an Iranian American fellow, and he does a good job explaining the ins and outs of the day-to-day politics and constiuencies of the Iranian political scene.

posted by gregtmills at 5:34 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

Enjoy your trip! if yo feel like it, please do let me know how it went and what you thought of it.

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 4:27 pm (EST) on Mar 12, 2009

You Gettysburg trip must be coming up soon. When do you go?

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 5:20 pm (EST) on Mar 11, 2009

Terrific! Now I don't feel so bad! I'm in exactly the same position and I go on ordering more books. I've resolved that this year I would read some of the ones that have been hanging around for years, and I actually am getting to do that--but There are those sets just staring at me from the shelves--i really should make some attempt to at least start them.

Well, maybe by 2012....LOL

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 2:07 pm (EST) on Feb 15, 2009

Just checked the p 169 updated map of Gottfried's book with my copy of the book--there's a bid difference, not a small one. Very different positioning of Caldwell's brigade.

It's very nice to have another Civil War enthusiast checking in--I sometimes feel really guilty carrying on the way I do.

I see you have about double the number of books on the Civil War that I do. I am going to take the time to browse through your books and see what you think of them. I'm getting more all the time, but have nowhere near the library you do.

Joyce

posted by Joycepa at 7:10 pm (EST) on Feb 14, 2009

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. Looks like it got good reviews on Amazon.

Steven
http://steventill.com

posted by StevenTill at 6:04 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009

Always nice to find others interested in medieval history. I found your profile through the Medieval Europe group. Any particular book you would recommend? What's your favorite non-fiction book on medieval history? I'm always looking for new books to add to my library. Thanks.

Steven
http://steventill.com

posted by StevenTill at 5:34 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009

Hey SgtB,

I am doing a post about what's on my nightstand and have linked to your review on Joker One (on your blog). Is this okay? If not, let me know and I'll unlink it.

Will go to press tomorrow.

Regards!

posted by ThePam at 2:10 pm (EST) on Jan 6, 2009

You did do it!

You're now on my GoogleReader.

Btw, if you sign up yourself on GoogleReader you can check, after awhile, and see how many people have signed up for your blog. It won't tell you about all your readers since it can't snag data on people that read you thru other means, but it gives you an idea.

You do it by pulling up a post and clicking on the "detail" button on the right side.

posted by ThePam at 6:24 am (EST) on Dec 4, 2008

On the Stranger in a Strange Land trip, which got dealt with in the thread of the same name, I weigh in on the read-it side, but only because it was a sensation in its day...because it's always good to know where a genre gets its conventions and cliches. That said, life contains a finite number of heartbeats and reading things that don't make the beats come faster is pretty much a waste of precious time.

We share 64 very interesting books! I look forward to shopping in your library for ideas about future reading.

Cheers
RMD

posted by richardderus at 2:19 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2008

Hi sgtbigg

Have you tried www.casca.net? Its the Casca fans website and has everything there about the series, fans feedback and news about forthcoming books coming out soon.

Cascawebsite

posted by Cascawebsite at 8:40 am (EST) on Mar 4, 2008

Hey now, I resemble that remark. :)

posted by MDLady at 12:26 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2007

Hello and welcome to 40 Something Library Thingers..:)

posted by MDLady at 7:47 am (EST) on Dec 19, 2007

Nice collection. Welcome to LT.

posted by OldSarge at 4:25 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2007